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Every US President • 1789 to Today • Scored Through the Constitution

Every Executive Order. Scored, Analyzed & Decoded.

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Orders Analyzed
10,852
✓ 100% full text indexed
Average Reading Time
3 min
~528 avg words per order
Constitutional Alignment
20% Fidelity
2% overreach / friction
Legal Readability
Grade 16.7
Flesch-Kincaid (Graduate Level)
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📅 This Day in Presidential History • November 6

Orders Signed on November 6 Through the Ages

Discover which landmark decrees, wartime mobilizations, and executive orders were signed on this calendar date across presidential administrations.

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Found 26 historic orders Spanning 1850 – 2000
2000 EO 13175
Constitutional Fidelity

Executive Order 13175—Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments

For purposes of this order: (a) "Policies that have tribal implications" refers to regulations, legislative comments or proposed legislation, and other policy statements or actions that have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between…

William J. Clinton
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1996 EO 13023
Constitutional Fidelity

Executive Order 13023—Amendments to Executive Order 12992, Expanding and Changing the Name of the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics

The Council established by Executive Order 12992 shall henceforth be called the "President's Drug Policy Council." Sec. 2. Section 1 of Executive Order 12992 is amended by deleting "President's Council on Counter-Narcotics" and inserting "President's Drug Policy Council" in…

William J. Clinton
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1986 EO 12573
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 12573—Amending Executive Order No. 11157 as It Relates to Incentive Pay for Hazardous Duty

Executive Order No. 11157 of June 22, 1964, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end of subsection (h) of Section 109 of Part I, the following sentence: "The use of solid fumigant formulations, such as aluminum phosphide, magnesium phosphide and calcium cyanide, in…

Ronald Reagan
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1968 EO 11433
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 11433—Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between the Illinois Central Railroad Company, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, and the Belt Railway Company of Chicago, and Certain of Their Employees

I hereby create a Board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate these disputes. No member of the Board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad employees or any carrier.

Lyndon B. Johnson
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1958 EO 10787
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10787—Transferring Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands From the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior, for Use, Administration, or Exchange Under the Taylor Grazing Act and Other Statutes

Subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction over the lands, to the extent indicated, in the following-described areas acquired or in the process of acquisition by the Secretary of Agriculture under the provisions of section 32 of the BankheadJones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C.…

Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1954 EO 10575
Constitutional Fidelity

Executive Order 10575—Administration of Foreign-Aid Functions

Foreign Operations Administration. (a) Exclusive of the functions otherwise delegated, or excluded from delegation, by this order, and subject to the provisions of this order, there are hereby delegated to the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration all functions…

Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1952 EO 10407
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10407—Withholding of State or Territorial Income Taxes by Federal Agencies

I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing agreements to be entered into between the Secretary of the Treasury and any State or Territory, pursuant to the provisions of the said act of July 17, 1952, with respect to the withholding of State or Territorial income…

Harry S Truman
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1952 EO 10406
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10406—Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between the United Air Lines, Inc. and Certain of Its Employees

I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of employees or any carrier.

Harry S Truman
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1952 EO 10405
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10405—Exemption of Theodore Marks from Cumpulsory Retirement for Age

I hereby exempt the said Theodore Marks from compulsory retirement for age for an indefinite period of time.

Harry S Truman
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1951 EO 10303
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10303—Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between Certain Transportation Systems Operated by the Secretary of the Army and Certain of Their Employees

I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute. Nothing in this order shall be construed to derogate from the authority of the Secretary of the Army under the said Executive Order No. 10155.

Harry S Truman
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1946 EO 9798
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9798—Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate the Dispute Between the Barre & Chelsea Railroad Company and the St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad Company and Certain of Their Employees

I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.

Harry S Truman
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1946 EO 9797
Constitutional Fidelity

Executive Order 9797—Transferring to the Department of Commerce Certain Functions Relating to Air-navigation Facilities Outside the Continental United States

There are transferred to the Department of Commerce (a) all facilities, property, equipment, and maintenance supplies (including components thereof and structures and equipment appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith) of the War and Navy Departments relating to the…

Harry S Truman
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1944 EO 9497
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9497—Amendment of Executive Order No. 9039 Authorizing Sick and Rest Leave for Alien Employees of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company, and Correction of Section 4 of Executive Order No. 9467 Relating to Conditions of Employment in the Service of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company

The first paragraph of Executive Order No. 9039 of January 24, 1942, authorizing sick and rest leave for certain alien employees of The Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company, is hereby amended to read as follows: "By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 81 of…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1942 EO 9266
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9266—Establishing Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound Defensive Sea Area

The following-described area is hereby established and reserved, for purposes of national defense, as a defensive sea area, to be known as "Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound Defensive Sea Area": All United States territorial waters of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound and their…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1942 EO 9265
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9265—American, European-African-Middle Eastern and Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medals

The American, European-African-Middle Eastern, and Asiatic-Pacific campaign medals, including suitable appurtenances, be established, and that the said medals may be awarded, under such regulations as the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy may severally prescribe…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1937 EO 7737
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 7737—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Mary G. Bird to a Position in the Farm Credit Administration Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules

Mrs. Mary G. Bird may be appointed to a classified position in the Farm Credit Administration without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service Rules.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1937 EO 7736
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 7736—Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit Any Officer or Employee of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John or the Municipality of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, To Be Appointed as Immigration Inspector for the Virgin Islands

The Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, officers and employees of the United States from holding any office under any State, territorial, municipal, or other local government, is hereby further amended so as to permit any…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1936 EO 7487
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 7487-A—Designation of R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, To Act as Secretary of State

I hereby authorize and direct R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, to perform the duties of the Secretary of State during the absence of the Secretary of State.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1936 EO 7487
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 7487—Amendment of Paragraph 6, Subdivison VII, Schedule A, Civil Service Rules

Paragraph 6, Subdivision VII, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "6. Temporary clerks, carriers, and laborers required for part-time or intermittent work in the Postal Service in connection with the holiday or seasonal…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1936 EO 7486
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 7486—Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 4539 of November 6, 1926, Withdrawing Public Lands in Utah

Executive Order No. 4539 of November 6, 1926, withdrawing, together with other lands, public lands in the surveyed portion of T. 5 S., R. 3 W. of the Salt Lake meridian, Utah, pending a resurvey of said surveyed portion of the township, is hereby revoked as to said township.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1936 EO 7485
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 7485—Revocation of Executive Order No. 2124 of January 20, 1915, Establishing Ediz Hook Reservation in Washington

Executive Order No. 2124 of January 20, 1915, establishing for the protection of native birds the Ediz Hook Reservation, Washington, containing approximately 83 acres, on an arm of land in the Straits of Juan de Fuca extending from and adjoining Port Angeles Townsite in T. 31…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1936 EO 7484
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 7484—Addition to Cedar Keys Bird Refuge in Florida

The following-described area containing 154.46 acres, more or less, located in the Gulf of Mexico and known as Sea Horse Key, together with all buildings thereon, be, and it is hereby, reserved and, subject to valid existing rights, set apart for the use of the Department of…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1933 EO 6407
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6407—Terminating Stay of the Provisions of the Cotton Textile Industry Code

A Code of Fair Competition for the Cotton Textile Industry was approved by me July 9, 1933. At that time the provision limiting machine hours was stayed for a period of 3 weeks as applied to the production of tire yarns or fabrics for rubber tires.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1933 EO 6406
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6406—Code of Fair Competition for the Asphalt Shingle and Roofing Manufacturing Industry

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt , President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwise, do approve the report and recommendations and adopt the findings of the Administrator and…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1895
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules

Section 2 of Postal Rule I is hereby amended by inserting after the word "thereto" in line 6 the following: And whenever, by order of the postmaster-General, any post-office shall be consolidated with and made part of another post-office where free delivery is established, all…

Grover Cleveland
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1850
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Reserving From Sale for Public Purposes Certain Lands in the Bay of San Francisco, California

Chief Clerk. General Land Office, June 24th, 1851. Sir: I have to inform you that the President of the United States exempts and reserves from sale for public purposes, the following tracts or parcels of land, in the State of California: In the Bay of San Francisco, Cala.: 1st.

Millard Fillmore
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🏛️ Landmark Decrees • Essential Turning Points

Landmark Executive Orders That Shaped America

From wartime civil liberties tests to civil rights breakthroughs and modern frontier policies—curated for rapid constitutional insight.

EO 9981 Zone 1: Express

Desegregation of the Armed Forces

Abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces, establishing equality of treatment and opportunity regardless of race or color.

Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman
1948
EO 11246 Zone 1: Express

Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action

Required federal contractors not to discriminate and to take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity in employment.

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson
1965
EO 9066 Zone 3: Friction

Authorizing Military Areas (Japanese Internment)

Authorized the forced exclusion and internment of 120,000+ Japanese Americans; one of the most scrutinized executive actions in U.S. constitutional history.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
1942
EO 10340 Zone 3: Friction

Steel Mill Seizure (The Youngstown Precedent)

Attempted seizure of private steel mills during the Korean War; struck down by the Supreme Court, establishing Justice Jackson's three-zone framework.

Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman
1952
EO 6102 Zone 2: Twilight

Prohibition on Hoarding Gold Coin & Bullion

Compelled all U.S. citizens to deliver private gold coins and bullion to the Federal Reserve in exchange for $20.67 per ounce, altering the monetary system.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933
EO 11615 Zone 1: Express

90-Day Freeze on Wages, Prices, and Rents

Unprecedented peacetime federal control over domestic prices and wages to combat stagflation, part of the Nixon Shock severing dollar gold convertibility.

Richard Nixon Richard Nixon
1971
EO 14110 Zone 1: Express

Safe, Secure & Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

Comprehensive federal governance establishing AI safety evaluations, red-teaming mandates, consumer protections, and standards for frontier models.

Joe Biden Joe Biden
2023
EO 14067 Zone 2: Twilight

Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets

First whole-of-government strategy addressing cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), financial stability, and consumer protection.

Joe Biden Joe Biden
2022

⚖️ Constitutional Alignment & Sentiment

Evaluated strictly through the U.S. Constitution (Articles I–VII) & Amendments from an Early Statesman's prism

10852 Scored
2169 (20%)
Constitutional Fidelity
Art. II §3 faithful statutory execution & civil liberty protection
8451 (78%)
Constitutional Neutral
Routine departmental administration, civil service, executive seals
232 (2%)
Friction & Overreach
Art. I purse/commerce tension, 10th Amend federalism, property takings

The Word Count Explosion

Average words per Executive Order: concise historical decrees vs modern multi-thousand word regulatory directives

200 wpm standard
Joe Biden
1,997 words • ~10 min
James K. Polk
1,525 words • ~8 min
Donald Trump
1,258 words • ~6 min
Barack Obama
1,197 words • ~6 min
Bill Clinton
863 words • ~4 min
George W. Bush
834 words • ~4 min
John F. Kennedy
747 words • ~4 min
John Quincy Adams
744 words • ~4 min
Jimmy Carter
660 words • ~3 min
Harry S. Truman
650 words • ~3 min
Dwight D. Eisenhower
581 words • ~3 min
Ronald Reagan
561 words • ~3 min
Andrew Jackson
535 words • ~3 min
Lyndon B. Johnson
525 words • ~3 min
Richard Nixon
525 words • ~3 min
George H. W. Bush
516 words • ~3 min
Zachary Taylor
453 words • ~2 min
Gerald Ford
445 words • ~2 min
James Buchanan
407 words • ~2 min
Franklin Pierce
375 words • ~2 min
Woodrow Wilson
370 words • ~2 min
John Tyler
369 words • ~2 min
Franklin D. Roosevelt
353 words • ~2 min
Warren G. Harding
337 words • ~2 min
Grover Cleveland
331 words • ~2 min
Chester A. Arthur
302 words • ~2 min
Herbert Hoover
280 words • ~1 min
Calvin Coolidge
275 words • ~1 min
Andrew Johnson
272 words • ~1 min
George Washington
249 words • ~1 min
Ulysses S. Grant
247 words • ~1 min
Martin Van Buren
211 words • ~1 min
Abraham Lincoln
204 words • ~1 min
William McKinley
203 words • ~1 min
Benjamin Harrison
198 words • ~1 min
William Howard Taft
183 words • ~1 min
Rutherford B. Hayes
179 words • ~1 min
Millard Fillmore
159 words • ~1 min
Theodore Roosevelt
122 words • ~1 min
James A. Garfield
64 words • ~1 min
Shortest Era: Lincoln & 19th Century (~200 words) Longest Era: 21st Century (~1,200 - 2,500+ words)
The Presidencies

Presidents & Administrations

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Official portrait of George Washington
#1
Unaffiliated 1789-1797

George Washington

1 orders
• ~249 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of John Adams
#2
Federalist 1797-1801

John Adams

0 orders
Official portrait of Thomas Jefferson
#3
Democratic-Republican 1801-1809

Thomas Jefferson

0 orders
Official portrait of James Madison
#4
Democratic-Republican 1809-1817

James Madison

0 orders
Official portrait of James Monroe
#5
Democratic-Republican 1817-1825

James Monroe

0 orders
Official portrait of John Quincy Adams
#6
Democratic-Republican 1825-1829

John Quincy Adams

2 orders
• ~744 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Andrew Jackson
#7
Democrat 1829-1837

Andrew Jackson

7 orders
• ~535 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.06 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of Martin Van Buren
#8
Democrat 1837-1841

Martin Van Buren

2 orders
• ~211 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of William Henry Harrison
#9
Whig 1841-1841

William Henry Harrison

0 orders
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EO 14438 Oct 22, 2026
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.66)

Decreasing Housing Costs for the American People

📜 5th Amend: Regulatory Execution with Due Process

The American Dream of homeownership is a vital pillar of our great country. It is the policy of my Administration to reduce regulatory barriers to mortgage origination and costs impeding homeownership; embrace innovative risk and value assessment technologies that incorporate…

Donald Trump
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🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.60)

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📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

My Administration is committed to advancing women's health and ensuring that medical research, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment reflect the highest quality scientific evidence, with the goal of improving health outcomes in all phases of life.

Donald Trump
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EO 14436 Oct 16, 2026
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.56)

Implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

I hereby determine and order: Section 1 . Background. On September 18, 2026, I signed the Graham Act into law. The Graham Act provides for the imposition of certain sanctions with respect to foreign persons, restrictions with respect to persons, and duties with respect to goods…

Donald Trump
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EO 14435 Oct 5, 2026
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.60)

Emergency Tax Relief on Diesel Fuel

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Farmers and truckers are essential to the American way of life. Restricted global diesel supply has led to rising prices, and these key industries have been particularly hard hit.

Donald Trump
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EO 14434 Sep 29, 2026
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.60)

Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

America stands at the forefront of a new technological revolution in intelligence. The modern field of artificial intelligence was born in the United States, where American scientists first gave the field its name and laid the foundations for its development.

Donald Trump
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EO 14433 Sep 29, 2026
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.52)

Eliminating Disease-Carrying Pests and Restoring Enjoyment of the Great Outdoors

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Ticks and mosquitoes are among the deadliest animals worldwide, transmitting major diseases that impose growing health and economic burdens on the American public.

Donald Trump
Post-Graduate Legal • 6m